Man arrested for deadly fight with fellow customer

Joni Donley, 28, accused in choking death

A 28-year-old Davie man was arrested Wednesday following the death of a fellow customer in a doughnut shop, according to Davie Police.

It happened around 1:22 a.m. at theDunkin' Donutsshop on the 5100 block of South University Drive.

Joni Donley was involved in an argument that escalated into a fight with the victim. Donley struck the victim several times, choked him and then drove off in a beige four-door Nissan. Another customer got the tag number and called 911, police said.

Officers arrived to find a man on the ground, unresponsive and not breathing. Davie Fire Rescue took the victim to Memorial Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death was listed as strangulation, according to the police report.

Detectives matched the tag number to Donley's home address where police also found a blood-stained shirt that Donley was seen wearing in a surveillance video recorded at the crime scene. He was taken into custody Wednesday morning, police said.

During police questioning, Donley asked how the victim was and explained his actions.

"He constantly provoked me and called me the N-word," the police report quoted Donley as saying.

After a phone call to his mother, who is an attorney, Donley declined to talk to detectives. He was booked into the Broward County Jail on a murder charge.

The victim's name was being withheld until relatives could be notified.